Parcel Post (Domestic) - Post Office Regulations 2024

PARCEL POST

 

96. India post parcel. - (1) The Post Office shall offer India post parcel to individual and bulk customers and all parcels shall be treated as accountable items.

2. Any item shall be treated as an India post parcel, if it complies with at least one of the following conditions, namely: -

1. which weighs more than 500 grams; or
2. which has minimum dimensions of:  

1. 100 mm in roll form, sum of length and twice diameter 170 mm;
2. 140 x 90 mm in other than roll form;

With a tolerance of ± 2 mm; and

3. whose length does not exceed 1.5 metres and the length and girth combined does not exceed 3 meters; and
4. whose gross weight does not exceed 35 kgs or volumetric weight as defined;

 Provided that where the item is not a letter item as defined in regulation subregulation (1) of 87 shall be declared as “merchandise” by the customer.  

3. Any India post parcel presented at the window shall have the inscription “India Post Parcel” on it with such value additions as may be paid for, by the sender.  
4. The postage on an India post parcel shall be fully pre-paid through any of the modes of payment as mentioned in rule 9.

Note 1: Franking Impressions of such models of franking machines of vendors approved by the Director General shall be deemed to be mode of prepayment of postage on an item.  

Note 2: Nothing contained in this regulation shall prevent the booking of India post parcels where the postage is collected at a later stage as permitted by the Director General.

5. India post parcel shall ordinarily be transmitted by surface only.
6. The value-added services, that is, addressee specific delivery, cash on delivery, insurance and proof of delivery, shall be available for India post parcel on payment of a fee specified by administrative instructions from time to time.  
7. All India post parcels shall be packaged by the sender or by the post office as specified by administrative instructions from time to time and any India post parcel not packed in conformity with specifications shall not be accepted for booking.
8. If any India post parcel in the course of transmission through post, is found to consist of anything the transmission of which is in contravention of the provisions of the Act or the rules, it shall be detained at the post office nearest to the place at which it is detected shall be dealt in the manner as specified by administrative instructions from time to time.
9. Every India post parcel addressed to any part of India shall be accompanied by a declaration in a form as specified by administrative instructions from time to time.  
10. All India post parcels shall be booked, transmitted and delivered in the manner as specified by administrative instructions from time to time.  
11. The rates of postage chargeable on India post parcels are mentioned in Table III of Schedule I.  

97. Logistic post. - (1) The Circle Heads are authorised to specify, by administrative instructions, from time to time, the designated office and designated place where the items under “Logistics Post” may be booked at or addressed to.

(2) The operational conditions for posting, booking, transmission and delivery of items under Logistics Post, shall be, as specified by administrative instructions from time to time.

98. Speed post. - (1) Every Speed post shall contain two classes of items for transmission by post, namely: - (a) Speed Post Document; and

(b) Speed Post Parcel.

Note: A Document may contain a letter as defined in sub-regulation (1) of regulation 87 or any other communication, written, drawn, or printed, excluding the contents of merchandise  

(2) The postage of speed post document and parcel shall be as mentioned in Table IV of Schedule I. 

99. Speed post document. - (1) Every speed post document shall be transmitted by air:

     Provided that, speed post document may be transmitted by surface on routes where it is determined to be faster than air transmission.

2. The weight of an item for the speed post document shall not exceed 500 grams including volumetric weight.
3. The postage and other fees chargeable on the speed post document item, shall be charged in accordance with the volumetric weight or gross weight, whichever is higher.
4. The size of an item for speed post document shall not exceed the dimension of 420 mm, 297 mm and 24 mm in respect of length, breadth and thickness, respectively.  
5. The pick-up facility, proof of delivery, insurance, registration and other valueadded services as specified by administrative instructions from time to time, shall be available for speed post item on payment of fees specified by administrative instructions from time to time.  
6. The item posted under the speed post shall generally be address specific that is it shall be delivered at the given address, unless otherwise specified.   

100. Speed post parcel.- (1)  Sub-regulations  (1), (2), (4), (6), (7) to (10) of regulation 96, relating to India post parcels shall apply mutatis mutandis to speed post parcels, except as follows: -

1. every speed post parcel shall be transmitted by air:

 Provided that speed post parcel may be transmitted by surface routes where it is determined to be faster than transmission by air:  

 Provided further that speed post parcel, if transmitted by surface, shall be prioritised over India post parcel at every stage of transmission; and  

2. any speed post parcel presented at the window shall have the inscription “Speed Post Parcel” on it with such value additions as may be paid for, by the sender.